(not affiliated) if you're looking for something similar, but more substantial (less prone to falling off), BestRest Products makes something called the PegPacker which looks to be a bit more stable than just two webbing straps.

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Fatallybitten, kaia, hi mates.
Great refueling ideas! But let me tell you I'm concerned about these setups because they seem to be improved "legs eaters" to me, as I like to call them
Why? I have been in trouble twice getting into fesh fesh faster than I should, needed to correct the situation putting my foot on the ground, the fesh fesh took my leg backguards and.... my side case (Gobi KTM/H&B) hit (ate) my leg in a quite rough way :huh... it was ok just because of my boots and fortunately I didn't bit the dust
Now you can see why these setups look as improved legs eaters... just saying
May be you are not riding offroad, may be you are, just thought I had to mention my experience (ok, may be I'm the one and only stupid )

You get to the USA & I'll get you to Canada this side side if the Mississippi. (East)

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In the near future, we have a deal

BTW, how far are you from Dakar Rally?

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Dakar's LatAm Edition born in Patagonia in 2009... couldn't believe that... I had THE DAKAR in my backyard...
It was amazing, on TV you can feel that... imagine how is it to feel them centimeters away from you... they are crazy guys.
Unfortunately, many pilots (riders and drivers) had complained because of the excessive roughness of our Patagonia, they said it was far more tough than ever before in the Dakar, lots of hit broken machines and withdraws. The ASO fear the worst son it has been moving the run north more and more since then :huh
- 2009 edition: my city
- 2010 edition: closest run was 200kms away
- 2011 and 2012 edition: closest run was 400kms away
- 2013 edition: closest run was 1000kms away
still plenty affordable though...

You can see what kind of riders we are here... we beat the crap out of the Dakar riders....

Now seriously, there's a commercial goal in every sport event lately, I can understand that, but the equilibrium is always a tough one.

We should organize an ADV Dakar Ride 2014 (ADR 2014!) to follow the Dakar, what do you think???
Some of you can bring their bikes, others can rent bikes here... should be a great way for us to meet each other and experience the Dakar live...
I can't receive all of you at home , but we can define an Operations Center on the Dakar's route...

Fatallybitten, kaia, hi mates.
Great refueling ideas! But let me tell you I'm concerned about these setups because they seem to be improved "legs eaters" to me, as I like to call them
Why? I have been in trouble twice getting into fesh fesh faster than I should, needed to correct the situation putting my foot on the ground, the fesh fesh took my leg backguards and.... my side case (Gobi KTM/H&B) hit (ate) my leg in a quite rough way :huh... it was ok just because of my boots and fortunately I didn't bit the dust
Now you can see why these setups look as improved legs eaters... just saying
May be you are not riding offroad, may be you are, just thought I had to mention my experience (ok, may be I'm the one and only stupid )

Cheers!
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Agreed. The aluminum brackets would do Bad Things to your leg. I think I've been convinced to go with the Rotopax on the rear rack. I can always put a large dry bag over the top of them for extra capacity.

I rode a week ago and stuffed my right leg under one of the Gobi bags when I dabbed on an off camber. As I mentioned, from now on, I'll only run the soft bags for commuting & touring. For dirt, snow, and ice I'll run either dry bags or the Giant Loop.

Agreed. The aluminum brackets would do Bad Things to your leg. I think I've been convinced to go with the Rotopax on the rear rack. I can always put a large dry bag over the top of them for extra capacity.

I rode a week ago and stuffed my right leg under one of the Gobi bags when I dabbed on an off camber. As I mentioned, from now on, I'll only run the soft bags for commuting & touring. For dirt, snow, and ice I'll run either dry bags or the Giant Loop.

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Jeff: you might take a look at this thread from a couple of years ago when a big group of us rode 950s to Montana and back.. we did the CDR and there is that one stretch with 200+ miles without fuel (this was before (and one of the reasons why) I had safaris).

The comments about the risk of injury offroad with my gas cans on the foot pegs are all valid. It is one of the reasons I didn't go with the Pegpacker system. I read too many comments about the "Achilles" issue. I have had to put a foot down a few times with the gas cans on the rear foot pegs and so far, touch wood, have been lucky that they have all been off camber enough that my leg bounced off the relatively pliant gas can. For that reason I don't use either the hard panniers or the gas cans on footpegs when I am going into the rough stuff. For that I have a set of soft bags and simply strap a gas can on top of the luggage if I need added range. I have looked at the rotopax set up but haven't been able to justify the cost. Here are a couple of photos of my luggage options. I haven't ever used both dry bags because I haven't needed the capacity. I also have a camera dry bag that I use with the smaller Sealine bag when I want to carry two DSLR's. Later on in the year I added a CJ Racer rear rack which is a great platform for the luggage and Outdoor Research dry bags that strap to the top of the aluminum panniers to hold tent, awning, etc. so I can put up some shelter before unloading the rest of the bike..

Didn't mean to turn this thread into a luggage/gas discussion. So here are a few of photos more in keeping with the theme:

The comments about the risk of injury offroad with my gas cans on the foot pegs are all valid. It is one of the reasons I didn't go with the Pegpacker system. I read too many comments about the "Achilles" issue. I have had to put a foot down a few times with the gas cans on the rear foot pegs and so far, touch wood, have been lucky that they have all been off camber enough that my leg bounced off the relatively pliant gas can. For that reason I don't use either the hard panniers or the gas cans on footpegs when I am going into the rough stuff. For that I have a set of soft bags and simply strap a gas can on top of the luggage if I need added range. I have looked at the rotopax set up but haven't been able to justify the cost. Here are a couple of photos of my luggage options. I haven't ever used both dry bags because I haven't needed the capacity. I also have a camera dry bag that I use with the smaller Sealine bag when I want to carry two DSLR's. Later on in the year I added a CJ Racer rear rack which is a great platform for the luggage and Outdoor Research dry bags that strap to the top of the aluminum panniers to hold tent, awning, etc. so I can put up some shelter before unloading the rest of the bike..

Didn't mean to turn this thread into a luggage/gas discussion. So here are a few of photos more in keeping with the theme:

Cheer, David

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David, glad to hear you are aware and prepared!
I only wish I can define if it will be a simple offroad/onroad ride or a rough ride before I start it... Most of the times I end in the middle of nowhere